One time my kid got invited to a birthday party but the invitation showed up like 2 weeks after it happened because it got stuck in the mail. (checked the date on the stamp it was sent before the party)

Lucky I texted the kids mom asking if she was invited so she still got to go.

I came to the comments to see what the heck the op was trying to say but I'm just going to walk out with this gem. This sounds exactly like something I would say to my family and I can't wait cut an opportunity to drop it.